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. >> he was part of syrian president assad's brutal regime and now he's talking to cnn. >> how did assad's behavior change? >> translator: he seemed worried all day long. we rarely saw him smiling. he stared out the windows and was always anxious and tense. >> the tearian press officer give as firsthand account of what is happening inside the government. "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. side by side so you get the same coverage, oft
. >> he was part of syrian president assad's brutal regime and now he's talking to cnn. >> how did assad's behavior change? >> translator: he seemed worried all day long. we rarely saw him smiling. he stared out the windows and was always anxious and tense. >> the tearian press officer give as firsthand account of what is happening inside the government. "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and...
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there is no political organization to assad. so as bad as this is right now, we could make it a whole lot worse by dumping a lot of weapons in and then having a collapse and then having al-qaeda there taking over another base that we'll have to fight. so as painful as it is, there's a right way to do this if we want to help those who seek freedom and that is work the political opposition first before you start shoveling your weapons in. >> general clark and ambassador, you both made great points. thanks so much for being "outfront with us tonight. >>> and we have to move on our to fourth story "outfront," mitt romney speaking at length about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that killed ambassador stevens and three others and what he would do about the situation there. >> in libya, i'll support the libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them. and i'll vigorously pursue the terrorists who attacked our consulate in benghazi and killed our fellow americans. >> eli lake with th
there is no political organization to assad. so as bad as this is right now, we could make it a whole lot worse by dumping a lot of weapons in and then having a collapse and then having al-qaeda there taking over another base that we'll have to fight. so as painful as it is, there's a right way to do this if we want to help those who seek freedom and that is work the political opposition first before you start shoveling your weapons in. >> general clark and ambassador, you both made great...
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rebels feinstein and syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting a. that scene you in nato envoy to syria could be in russia and they said this month and as such will be there for talks the russian is asian common saying that this kind of escalation in tensions along the take the syrian border is completely unacceptable and any kind of cross border operations are to be found upon political analysts sure why nor why me thinks this action could be turkey's under the radar approach to syria intervention. turkey declared war on syria long time ago this is aired on endeavor to lose the war they've supplied weapons and they've supplied training assistant they've harbored you know gunmen in jihad just on their territory so so you know turkey's at a situation now crossroads where they cannot seem to get the international system they need to sort of you know do a last question against the assad
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syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have those laws that i wanted situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those we're also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers cross he is forming an army just fifteen kilometers from the taker's border and now the fighting which is concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds take advantage of the situation there already claimed several cities there take a ton of meat they want independence from damascus but they have also now becoming a problem for turkey turkey of course is no stranger to the kurdish problem just overnight turkey's jets were firing at kurdish products in northern iraq so he had to you have a situation where turkey in its assistance to the rebels to fight assad is now having to fight we could see and see an escalation in that problem as well. no website right now is. the libyan military continues to surround an opposition stronghold leaving the residents
syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have those laws that i wanted situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those we're also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers cross he is forming an army just fifteen kilometers from the taker's border and now the fighting which is concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds...
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it does not belong to the ss assad family. it i would like to express my thanks to everybody for taking the time. i would remind everybody it is a living document. i think we're accepting feedback. if people could review, give us constructive feedback. actionable feedback so we can continue to look at the document, we are also on twitter so if you are twitter users please follow us tda syria. look out for the hashtag. >> thank you. it this debate is going to continue among the audience and the people inside syria. we are planning to have -- online forum to start the debate among syrian people to keep getting the feedback we have facebook, we is already engage in the debate. [inaudible] we have people working for us. it's working inside the country to make sure that the -- [inaudible] we have the ground for implementation of the implementation inside the country. all your feedback, you can communicate with us by e-mailing us at [inaudible] thank you. >> thank you very much. i wonder as -- as we began our session this morning by
it does not belong to the ss assad family. it i would like to express my thanks to everybody for taking the time. i would remind everybody it is a living document. i think we're accepting feedback. if people could review, give us constructive feedback. actionable feedback so we can continue to look at the document, we are also on twitter so if you are twitter users please follow us tda syria. look out for the hashtag. >> thank you. it this debate is going to continue among the audience...
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the rebels fighting in syria he says if they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is urging calm and saying that this kind of this collation intentions along the turkish syrian border is completely unacceptable and any kind of cross border operations are to be found upon. some reports also suggest syrian rebels that actually have western and israeli support plan to dog a jewish communities once the us is gone and defectors syrian general manav to lhasa his father is an alleged anti semite is being groomed as a potential candidate journalist capital comrade broke the story says the opposition could buy the hand that feeds it the irony of supporting the rebels who may eventually become great enemies of the west is something that's lost in the into the very eager interventionists who are
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a free syrian army spokesperson says the assad regime mobilized 30,000 troops and 2,000 tanks for the battle. he says rebel fighters plan to carry out simultaneous bombing attacks on the military. >>> citizens upset by iran's plummeting currency have taken to the streets of the capital tehran. their protests highlight their growing frustration with the government. protesters fought with riot police in the city's main bazaar. they were demanding the government stop the fall of the rial. demonstrators staged another protest in a different area of the city. iran's currency has lost 70% of the value in the past year and hit record lows against the dollar. u.s. and european sanctions targeting iran are hurting the economy. anti-government protests are unusual in iran. an exchanger at the bazaar said the demonstrators were merchants. >> there have been no reports of injuries, but many shops are closed in and around the bazaar. security officers are patrolling the area. >>> japan's foreign minister has promised to increase the volume in the verbal battle with china over the senkaku islands.
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of arming the syrians, finding those syrian moderates, those pro-western rebels fighting bashar al assad, that may be a new strategy on the part of romney as opposed to the obama administration which has been totally reluctant to arm any of the rebels in syria fearing those weapons could wind up in the hands of the so-called terrorist, the bad guys, if you will. that's a clear differentiation, but i think from the american political perspective, there's no great desire to get involved militarily on the ground or in the air for that matter in syria or elsewhere. >> all right. well, thank you very much. appreciate it. of course, we're fwog bring in fareed zakaria to talk about this. fareed in new york. of course, you were watching this as well, and one of the points that you brought up is that these two leaders, these two men really see eye to eye on a lot of foreign policy issues. the only one that we really heard that was different was what you had actually talked about and that was romney's stance on arming the syrian rebels. how does the united states go about doing that, because we kn
of arming the syrians, finding those syrian moderates, those pro-western rebels fighting bashar al assad, that may be a new strategy on the part of romney as opposed to the obama administration which has been totally reluctant to arm any of the rebels in syria fearing those weapons could wind up in the hands of the so-called terrorist, the bad guys, if you will. that's a clear differentiation, but i think from the american political perspective, there's no great desire to get involved...
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rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging comments saying that this kind of escalation in tensions along the take your syrian border is completely unacceptable and any kind of cross border operations are to be frowned upon. on our website right now the libyan military continues to surround an opposition stronghold bani walid leaving residents calling for international rescue. illegal anniversary a march marking one year of the worldwide occupy movement and scores of arrests are key dot com has the details. as it fights a deepening recession the british government is looking for new ways to slash spending london's now eyeing ten billion more pounds and welfare cuts amid already growing wave of discontent and authorities or emmet reports
rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging comments saying that this kind of escalation in tensions along the take your syrian border is...
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rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging calm and saying that this kind of isolation intentions along the turkish syrian border is completely unacceptable in any kind of cross border operations are to be found upon. and on our website right now the libyan military continues to surround an opposition stronghold bani walid leaving residents calling for international rescue. was illegal anniversary of march marking one year of the worldwide all by movement and scores of arrests are to go home as the details. i california based firm has successfully launched its first supply flights to the international space station with over four hundred fifty kilos of equipment the space x. dragon capsule is the only cargo craft designed to safely retu
rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging calm and saying that this kind of isolation intentions along the turkish syrian border is...
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they say they used the car bombings to target officers and militias loyal to president bashar al assad. the free syrian army renewed its offensive last week in an effort to win control of aleppo. government forces responded with air strikes. a free syrian army said they mobilized 30,000 troops and 2,000 tanks for the battle. rebel fighters plan to carry out more simultaneous bombing attacks on the military. >>> plummeting value of iran's currency has triggered rare street clashes in the capital tehran. the protests jai alai growing public frustration with the government. scores of protesters clashed with riot police in the city's main bazaar on wednesday. they demanded the government stop the rial's plunge. it lost 70% of the value in the last year since economic sanctions were imposed by the united states and europe over iran's nuclear program. it's dipped to record lows against the dollar. a money exchanger who witnessed the protest told nhk by phone that the demonstrators were merchants. >> there are no reports yet of injuries. many shops have closed in and around the bazaar. securi
they say they used the car bombings to target officers and militias loyal to president bashar al assad. the free syrian army renewed its offensive last week in an effort to win control of aleppo. government forces responded with air strikes. a free syrian army said they mobilized 30,000 troops and 2,000 tanks for the battle. rebel fighters plan to carry out more simultaneous bombing attacks on the military. >>> plummeting value of iran's currency has triggered rare street clashes in...
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seeing it as a stepping stone to him rend iran is sending arms to assad because they know his downfall would be a strategic defeat for them we should be working no less vigorously to our international partners to support the many syrians who would deliver that defeat to iran rather than sitting on the sidelines so basically mitt romney suggested taking advantage of the crisis in syria to fulfill the goal of defeating iraq blatant but straightforward remark basically expressing the same opportunistic approach to foreign policy with the u.s. has had for many years well obama campaign called romney reckless and amateurish when it comes to foreign policy so far the administration has stopped short of directly arming the rebels although washington is coronating the efforts of their allies in the region that is saudi arabia qatar turkey which are providing weapons to the rebels one way or another but those allies are saying. that they only provide smaller weapons that they would love to send heavy artillery but they don't have the green light from washington for that because reportedly the a
seeing it as a stepping stone to him rend iran is sending arms to assad because they know his downfall would be a strategic defeat for them we should be working no less vigorously to our international partners to support the many syrians who would deliver that defeat to iran rather than sitting on the sidelines so basically mitt romney suggested taking advantage of the crisis in syria to fulfill the goal of defeating iraq blatant but straightforward remark basically expressing the same...
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cannot seem to get the international system thingy to sort of you know do a last question against the assad regime and they cannot get a u.n. security council resolution to authorize these things and this may be you know setting the groundwork a pretext for a backdoor into military intervention because of course turkey then caught it can call on its nato allies to to assist and it's essentially the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with with the assad regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution so you know and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the ground for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. the un's most powerful body has called for restraint from both and qur'an damascus as a strongly decried syria's deadly attack on turkish citizens are. the latest from the un security council in new york. the u.n. security council agreed and issued a presidential statement strongly condemning wednesday's mortar attack by syria on a turkis
cannot seem to get the international system thingy to sort of you know do a last question against the assad regime and they cannot get a u.n. security council resolution to authorize these things and this may be you know setting the groundwork a pretext for a backdoor into military intervention because of course turkey then caught it can call on its nato allies to to assist and it's essentially the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with with the assad regime if...
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its sensually the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with with the assad regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution so now and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the grounds for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. and in the meantime the un's most powerful body has called for her strength from both ankara and damascus has a strong need to cry and syria's deadly attacks on talk of citizens with the latest now from the u.n. security council in new york is our team's morning of portnoy. well the u.n. security council agreed and issued a presidential statement strongly condemning wednesday's mortar attack by syria on a turkish border town that as we already heard as killed people and injured several others the council called on the syrian government to fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors and the called on all concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint a presidential statement issued by th
its sensually the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with with the assad regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution so now and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the grounds for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. and in the meantime the un's most powerful body has called for her strength from both ankara and damascus has a strong...
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the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been violated and therefore the assad regime will tell you it will accept a cease fire. immediately i can tell you with confidence that the assad regime is lying through itself teeth. >> i think also it is a credible threat. we need a credible threat for him to commit to any plan. that's what i think is really wanted. we can not just suggest for him and hope he will follow that. we need to be credible. >> you said it is the west who insist that assad step down. i would like to tell you no, it is the syrian people who want assad to step down. the wes
the assad regime violated every point of the plan. the assad accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance was more in the media than on the ground. the assad regime agreed to stopped shooting at unarmed citizens and that sounded well on cnn but on the ground there were snipers that took out citizens. it never mentioned that assad would later consider stepping down. the problem to reaching the six point of political dialogue is all the previous five points have been...
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rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging comments saying that this kind of this collation intentions along the turkish syrian border is completely unacceptable in any kind of cross border operations are to be found upon. and on our website away all skiing you whether you think turkey will send troops into syria from thirty four percent of you think un chorale will use parliament's a new motion to slam could issue militants in syria a quarter say turkish society all revolts against war but the very source for it among those who say it will happen if shelling from syria continues and those who think turkey likes nato support your vote at r.t. . but rain is keeping up its crackdown on pro wrestling protests coursing more fierce clashes b
rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging comments saying that this kind of this collation intentions along the turkish syrian border is...
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the remark is seen as a warning to syrian president bashar al assad to stop mortar shells from striking turkish territory. >> obviously, turkey has a right to defend herself. we have all necessary plans in place to protect and defend turkey. >> the statement is nato's strongest show of support for turkey so far. nato views an attack against a member country as a strike on the alliance as a whole. its members can jointly defend another member that's attacked. until now, nato leaders have repeatedly ruled out the possibility of intervening with force in syria. they have said that doing so could destabilize the region. rasmussen reiterated his position that a political solution is the best way to end the fighting in syria. he called on turkey to show restraint. >>> taiwan president ma ying-jeou says chinese boats will continue patrols near disputed islands in the east china sea, but he added that he doesn't want to see a worsening of relations with japan. japan controls the islands and calls them the senkaku islands. china and taiwan also claim them. president ma gave the national address
the remark is seen as a warning to syrian president bashar al assad to stop mortar shells from striking turkish territory. >> obviously, turkey has a right to defend herself. we have all necessary plans in place to protect and defend turkey. >> the statement is nato's strongest show of support for turkey so far. nato views an attack against a member country as a strike on the alliance as a whole. its members can jointly defend another member that's attacked. until now, nato leaders...
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syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have this law that i want to situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those we're also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers party is holding an army just fifteen kilometers from the take the border now they fight to look just concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds take advantage of the situation they've already claimed several cities their economy they want independence from damascus but they have also not becoming a problem for two. ticking of course is no stranger to the kurdish problem just overnight turkey's jets were flying at kurdish in northern iraq so here you have a situation where turkey in its assistance to the rebels to fight aside is now having to fight the kurds and seen an escalation in that problem as well. a humanitarian crisis is developing in libya the continuing scene of the tondo of bani walid to form a god the god of stronghold as left residen
syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have this law that i want to situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those we're also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers party is holding an army just fifteen kilometers from the take the border now they fight to look just concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds take...
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the remark by anders is seen as a warning to bashar al-assad to immediately halt the mortar attacks. >> obviously turkey has a right to defend herself. we have all necessary plans in place to protect and defend turkey. >> rasmussen said that a political solution is the best way to stop the conflict in syria. he called on turkey to show restraint. nato views an attack against a member country as an attack on the alliance as a whole. its members can jointly defend the country. until now nato leaders have repeatedly denied the possibility of military intervention in syria. they have said it could destabilize the rejn. region. >>> the international energy agency predicts iraq's oil production will more than double by 2020 from the current level. the iea made a forecast in a report released on tuesday. the report says that iraq will likely produce 6.1 million barrels of oil a day by 2020. iraq has signed many contracts with international oil companies. the country has been making progress and reconstruction since the u.s. led war. the iea also projects by 2035 iraq's daily output will gro
the remark by anders is seen as a warning to bashar al-assad to immediately halt the mortar attacks. >> obviously turkey has a right to defend herself. we have all necessary plans in place to protect and defend turkey. >> rasmussen said that a political solution is the best way to stop the conflict in syria. he called on turkey to show restraint. nato views an attack against a member country as an attack on the alliance as a whole. its members can jointly defend the country. until...
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tension in the middle east and a message to president assad to as turkey authorizes military action inside syria. >> this is not a mandate to wage war. it is so we can't prepare new development and protect our interests there. we are not declaring war on syria. >> mitt romney relaunched -- why the republicans are claiming victory at last night's u.s. presidential debate. >> coat ♪ >> love them, we do. 50 years ago today, the beatles released their first ever single. we look at how it holds up. decker packwood cause >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america to the problem. the turkish prime minister said today he had no intention of starting a war with syria. but the message is mixed and the tensions are high. the turkish parliament authorize military action against neighbor after syrian shells landed in the turkish town killing five civilians. >> lot this was not turkey's war, but the deaths of one family next to the syrian border have changed kuwait this country sees its neighbors conflicts. the government has called the strike from syria a final straw. left of the isn't family hoped.
tension in the middle east and a message to president assad to as turkey authorizes military action inside syria. >> this is not a mandate to wage war. it is so we can't prepare new development and protect our interests there. we are not declaring war on syria. >> mitt romney relaunched -- why the republicans are claiming victory at last night's u.s. presidential debate. >> coat ♪ >> love them, we do. 50 years ago today, the beatles released their first ever single. we...
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assad regime is unable to completely defeat the. sunni armed opposition on the other hand the sunni armed opposition is unable to. build to overthrow assad at the same time all we can see that moscow is keeping washington in check and we can see also regionally that saudi arabia egypt and qatar and turkey are are keeping iran in check and vice versa so it's essentially a stalemate i think that this conflict looks likely to drag on until exhaustion comes into play ok if i do so you're saying the biggest losers so far are the syrian people because outside forces are arming rebels. i think that the biggest losers are the arabs in general the arabs have been suffering from repeated wars in the region from the from from the one nine hundred eighty s. the lebanese civil war the iraq the iraq war the iraqi wars in the one nine hundred ninety s. then and now we have this so the arabs are continuously being undermined by these regional conflicts undermining their prospects for democracy for a forum for economic prosperity and until these reg
assad regime is unable to completely defeat the. sunni armed opposition on the other hand the sunni armed opposition is unable to. build to overthrow assad at the same time all we can see that moscow is keeping washington in check and we can see also regionally that saudi arabia egypt and qatar and turkey are are keeping iran in check and vice versa so it's essentially a stalemate i think that this conflict looks likely to drag on until exhaustion comes into play ok if i do so you're saying the...
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of friends of syria saying assad must go ok it's almost the cheer you're hearing right now how do you know there is a difference here between what the street believes i think and certain vested interests. i think that we look we have to distinguish two things one is diplomatic condemnation and actually taking active policies to depose the assad regime beyond economic sanctions and diplomatic condemnation we don't see western powers really doing much to overthrow the assad regime in addition i would also add that israel is not preoccupied with syria at all it's mostly preoccupied with the iranian nuclear program you barely hear any any comments from the israeli government on the current events in syria ok or maybe they're just preoccupied with the round my did what do you think about that i mean even if assad goes what changes in syria and no one ever talks about that scenario go ahead i think the one of the important is the regional aspect if we have a proxy war in syria this is the war scenario i think iran is a master full of making proxies in countries it made the proxy in lebanon
of friends of syria saying assad must go ok it's almost the cheer you're hearing right now how do you know there is a difference here between what the street believes i think and certain vested interests. i think that we look we have to distinguish two things one is diplomatic condemnation and actually taking active policies to depose the assad regime beyond economic sanctions and diplomatic condemnation we don't see western powers really doing much to overthrow the assad regime in addition i...
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of managing a post-assad transition. as jim mentioned, this event this morning is in many ways the culmination of a project that has been in gestation for about nine months and many similarities to other -- [inaudible] this event this morning is an opportunity for us to discuss a document the day after, which we have available for you to pick up upstairs both in arabic and in english on a cd. it contains strategies, ideas, recommendations for how syrians can cope with a broad range of challenges that are inevitably going to follow. the transition to a post-assad air of in syria. what is critical to stress as jim mentioned is that this is very much the product of deliberation and discussion and debate, sometimes quite heated debate, among a group of about 45 to 50 significant figures within the syrian opposition who came together every month for a period of six months to work through the idea -- the ideas that were presented in this document. what i would like to stress however in getting us started this morning is that w
of managing a post-assad transition. as jim mentioned, this event this morning is in many ways the culmination of a project that has been in gestation for about nine months and many similarities to other -- [inaudible] this event this morning is an opportunity for us to discuss a document the day after, which we have available for you to pick up upstairs both in arabic and in english on a cd. it contains strategies, ideas, recommendations for how syrians can cope with a broad range of...
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inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands release captured opposition fighters. it is an hour just after five pm on friday here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rule research. and thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform but we can go to the latest pictures for you here on see these are from amman the rallies taking place despite the king having already dissolved the parliament clearing the way for new elections he pledged to introduce more reform to avoid the arab spring style unrest the country has already faced nearly twenty months of protests with people demanding more say in how the state is run later this hour here on r.t. we'll be joined by our correspondent she is in the center of the crowds in. meanwhile in syria the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing forty eight iranian pilgrims they kidnapped in august the threat would be carried out of the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to re
inside syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands release captured opposition fighters. it is an hour just after five pm on friday here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rule research. and thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform but we can go to the latest pictures for you here on see these are from amman the rallies taking place...
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in syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands and release captured opposition fighters. it is just after four pm on friday here in moscow i'm live on odds he thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform and that's despite the king having already dissolved the parliament the rally was organized by the jordanian wing of the muslim brotherhood in just a few moments here and we'll be checking in live with our correspondent she is among the crowds there for a live report. from protests all of a different nature having gulf the secular muslim country in turkey's two biggest cities thousands of miles to protest what they see is the government escalating tension against syria and what began as a peaceful demonstration in the capital turned violent when a riot police moved in to disperse the crowd. of water cannons smoke grenades all being used to break the ranks of activists unhappy with the. current policies of turkey's ruling party protester
in syria rebels threatened to execute forty eight iranian hostages within two days if the assad government does not comply with their demands and release captured opposition fighters. it is just after four pm on friday here in moscow i'm live on odds he thousands of islamist opposition supporters have gathered in the jordanian capital amman to demand reform and that's despite the king having already dissolved the parliament the rally was organized by the jordanian wing of the muslim brotherhood...
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it is the ancestral home of the assad's. they are a large minority in this city and they dominate the hills behind. by charlotte saw's father is buried in these hills. we were -- bashar al-assad's father is buried in these hills. we were given rare access. he died in 2000, as syria's all- powerful president. it is often his -- it is often said his son is under pressure to preserve his legacy. this town was quiet when we visited. since then, there have been reported clashes between leading families. a measure of growing unease over their place in syria's troubled future. this region is still regarded as the president boss last lastbt -- president's redoubt. but war has reached part of this area. amateur video claims to show destruction in the community toward the turkish border. rebels now control some villages. the war is often described as a sectarian conflict. this man wants his identity hidden. he has long been in opposition. does he see it as a sectarian war? >> of course it is not. this is the work of the regime. from t
it is the ancestral home of the assad's. they are a large minority in this city and they dominate the hills behind. by charlotte saw's father is buried in these hills. we were -- bashar al-assad's father is buried in these hills. we were given rare access. he died in 2000, as syria's all- powerful president. it is often his -- it is often said his son is under pressure to preserve his legacy. this town was quiet when we visited. since then, there have been reported clashes between leading...
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. >> with the members of the security council, we know that russia has been supplying hardware for assad. we understand -- we think that the americans are supporting ticket. this is a security council who is doing nothing in this situation. why should anyone believe that the u.n. can fix things? >> you are right that the divisions in the council make a solution difficult. that was one of the reasons i resigned, as you know, but the challenge is to overcome those divisions and get them working -- i tried. at the beginning, they came together, but it was not sustained. if the security council is not made to come together, then we are in a really hopeless situation. >> and syria will descend further into war? >> it could get worse. it could get much worse. how do we solve the problem? militarization or intervention, in my judgment, will make the situation much worse. >> what do you foresee happening? >> i think the neighbors will be drawn in. already, we have seen thousands of refugees fleeing to jordan, lebanon, turkey, iraq. she hottest elements are coming in across the border -- jihadist
. >> with the members of the security council, we know that russia has been supplying hardware for assad. we understand -- we think that the americans are supporting ticket. this is a security council who is doing nothing in this situation. why should anyone believe that the u.n. can fix things? >> you are right that the divisions in the council make a solution difficult. that was one of the reasons i resigned, as you know, but the challenge is to overcome those divisions and get...
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a burial takes place and nato condemns the assad regime. welcome to gmt. david eades. coming up, with an audience of 50 million to impress, as romney gained ground on obama in the first of the televised presidential debates? >> it is not moral for my generation to keep spending more than we take in, knowing those burdens of will be passed on to the next generation. >> i promised i would fight every single day on behalf of the american people, the middle class, and all those striving to get into the middle class. kept that promise. >> also -- ♪ ♪ you know i love you >> 50 years since the beatles released their first single. it's midday in london, 7:00 in the morning in washington, 2:00 in the afternoon in turkey where the parliament is in an emergency session over a bill of the rise across borders military operations in syria. turkey has already retaliated to the mortar attack that killed five people in a border town. despite international calls for restraint, that military response is still going on. reports that syrian soldiers may have been killed. now this repor
a burial takes place and nato condemns the assad regime. welcome to gmt. david eades. coming up, with an audience of 50 million to impress, as romney gained ground on obama in the first of the televised presidential debates? >> it is not moral for my generation to keep spending more than we take in, knowing those burdens of will be passed on to the next generation. >> i promised i would fight every single day on behalf of the american people, the middle class, and all those striving...